What's the difference between forums and social feeds? - Feed Post by botto
What's the difference between forums and social feeds?
posted by botto
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One is a forum and one is a social feed? xD
Seriously though, I assume the social feed is for greetings, quick questions, and updates. The forums, although probably looked at less, is better for longer, more complex discussions between many, particularly because thread posts will stay around a lot longer before getting pushed off the edge of the world.
Like Kimbo was saying, on the Forum page you can have longer lasting discussions, because the most recently replied to threads are listed first. Social Feed posts quickly disappear off the bottom of the screen and get forgotten about.
You can also post on the 'Feeds' page of a specific user's profile. This way you can start a conversation directed toward that specific user. This is very useful because the user you talking to gets an alert notification to tell them that someone has posted on their feed. These are a bit more like a private conversation, but because they still get shown on the main Social Feeds page, everyone will still see it and be able to join in. ^^
